Chronic Low Back Pain Patients' Expectations Toward Physiotherapy

NCT02123680 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 55-O1338495
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Non-specific chronic low back pain guidelines recommend rehabilitation along with a biopsychosocial approach. However, though psychological and social issues address important needs of professionals and patients, they have been scarcely developed in this area so far. Noteworthy, little is known about patients' expectations relative to physiotherapy for chronic low back pain (CLBP), while professional recommendations advocate taking them into consideration. A study about patients' experience will provide knowledge about the ill person's perspective and how the physiotherapists are perceived as well as the role attributed to them. The aim of this study is, thus, to explore the experience of the patients suffering from CLBP in order to highlight their expectations toward physiotherapy services and physiotherapists. The investigators will apply a critically interpretive socio-anthropological approach based on patients' interviews and observations in an intensive CLBP rehabilitation program. The results will help improve the care patients receive by facilitating the integration of biopsychosocial issues related to patient's expectations into the treatment.

Conditions

Chronic Low Back Pain

Keywords

expectation; chronic illness; trajectory

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Expectations at baseline

  Qualitative data on patient's expectations toward physiotherapy and physiotherapists issued from interviews and observations

  2 weeks before a rehabilitation program

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Factors influencing expectations at baseline

  2 weeks before a rehabilitation program

• Factors influencing expectations at T2

  2 weeks after a rehabilitation program

• Expectations at T2

  2 weeks after a rehabilitation program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

A purposive sample will be used. The investigators will aim at the recruitment of a diversified sample of patients following an intensive chronic low back pain rehabilitation program. The sample will include as many men as women, as many young than older participants (3 age groups: 18-30, 30-50, 50-65), as much variety in educational level and occupation as possible. The type of work (physical demand of employment) and career track will also be taken into account, as well as having a representation of migrants (since they are overrepresented in the back pain population58). It is estimated that data saturation should be reached with 20 participants.

You may qualify if:

• working age group (18 to 65 years old)
• have a medically confirmed non-specific chronic low-back pain

You may not qualify if:

• severe mental illness
• concurrent illness or co-morbidity interfering with the course of treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud: lead
• HES-SO Commission scientifique du domaine santé: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Chuv-Unil

Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, 1011, Switzerland

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Claude Pichonnaz, PT, MSc

  Hautre Ecole de Santé Vaud, physiotherapy department

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Rose-Anna Foley, PhD

  Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud, research unit

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 11, 2014
• First Posted: April 25, 2014
• Study Start: April 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2015
• Study Completion: June 1, 2015
• Last Updated: June 3, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-06

Locations

CH (1)